Jon, I have not tried that card - looks good though. I got the Soundblaster Audigy with the "Live Drive" - I've heard good and not so good about it but it seems to work great for me. But then, I'm still trying to figure out how to do decent recording and am still on the hunt for a good editing/mixing/effects software. I think the software may be more important than the card - I can get the music in the computer without a problem - it's what to do with it after that that's troubling me.